Royal Doulton Toilet Set Shapes 
Royal Doulton produced at least thirteen different styles of toilet set. These are:- Aldwych, Arcadia, Argosy, Aubrey, Duke, Flagon, Lagoon, Lowther, Mayfair, Pomona, Octagon, Semour & Sunstar Toilet sets are difficult to come by; from time to time when such items do come available they are generally in quite poor condition. I cannot be absolutely sure why, but I would hazard as a guess that it is because they were far from glamorous. I cannot be sure when toilet sets went out of fashion, but I would expect there would have been very little call for them by the early 1930’s. 
Image courtesy of Sue Ellery (eBay seller elestegen) Even in there hay day these Toilet Sets would have only been purchased by the wealthy or those who were upwardly mobile. Of course once such people were hooked up to modern plumbing they would have been quick to discard the toilet sets no matter how beautiful they were. The only use the larger items could have had was as elaborate under trays for pot plants. The rarest of the toilet set items is of course the slops bucket, these were large cumbersome and hard to store – I would go so far as to say that Slops buckets are now positively rare. Mayfair Toilet Set We have identified seven different items which go into a complete Mayfair Toilet set, we believe we have them all, but we are open to debate on this point. Mayfair Toilet Set Slops Bucket 
Dickens Ware; D.2973; production era 1907 to 1932 at the very latest 34 cm (13.5") across handles and 25 cm (10") tall Note the cane handle, this is original Mayfair Toilet Set Potty 
Dickens Ware; D.2973; production era 1907 to 1932 at the very latest 27 cm (10.75") across including handle & 14.5 cm (5.75") tall Mayfair Toilet set Wash Bowl 
Dickens Ware; D.2973; production era 1907 to 1932 at the very latest 
Ships "C"; D2273; production era 1908 to 1930 Image courtesy of Sue Ellery (eBay seller elestegen) 39 cm (15.5") diameter & 13 cm (5.5") tall Mayfair Toilet Set Pitcher Ships "C"; D2273; production era 1908 to 1930 32 cm tall (12.5") & 20 cm (8") across the top Image courtesy of Sue Ellery (eBay seller elestegen) Mayfair Toilet Set Soap Dish
Dickens Ware; D.2973; production era 1907 to 1932 11 cm (4.35") tall - diameter of under bowl 12.5 cm (5") 
This example of a Mayfair Soap Dish has a different style of insert to the one above, note this example has lost its lid Mayfair Toilet Set Beaker Gallant Fishers; production era 1908 to 1930 8.5 cm (3.25") diameter & 12.5 cm (5") tall
Mayfair Toilet Set Spong Bowl & Underdish
Dickens Ware; D2973; era 1908 to 1931 20 cm (8") diameter 7 7.5 cm (3") tall Flagon Toilet Set Flagon Wash Bowl
Dickens Ware; D2973; era 1908 to 1931 37 cm (14.5") diameter & 11 cm (4.4") tall Shaving Mug 
Royal Doulton Gaffers Shaving Mug 11.5 cm (4.5") tall Image compliments of Tam Stevenson Cuspidor / SpittoonMadison Cuspidor
Royal Doulton Cantebury Pilgrims Madison Cuspidoor; D318; production era 1909 to 1931 18 cm (7.1") tall & 19.5 cm (7.7") diameter 
Royal Doulton Gallant Fishers Izaac Walton Cuspidor: production era 1905 to 1932 18 cm (7.1") tall & 19.5 cm (7.7") diameter 
Royal Doulton Dickens Ware Cuspidor; D3020; production era 1909 to 1931 30.5 cm (12") tall & 22.7 cm (9") mouth diameter |
